Alkins, W.V. Elkins aggressively struggled for the majority of Class AAA Area II on Thursday night, Robert C. Section 2 title game against bird.
When it matters the most, however, the tigers arrived at the occasion, and as a result, they are the first time sectional champions since 2006.
Elkins produced half of their aggressive output in the fourth quarter and scored 13 points at 4:44, which was expired as well as combined with defensive stop, allowing tigers to be strong at Eagles, 34–32.
“Definitely, they used to take us out of our comfort zone in the first half. In the second half, we reached the free-thro line, helping us a lot, ”said Elkins’ head coach Matt Davis. “They gave us fit all night. In the second half, we rebound the ball in the first half. It was really big for us. ,
With the win, Elkins (17–7) will stay home on Wednesday, which will be to welcome the defeat of Friday’s sectional finals between an unbeaten East Fairmont and Philip Barbor. Eagles (15–9) will travel to play the winner of that competition.
“This is very emotional for these children,” Davis said.
With the head of RCB 27-26, the tigers received three-pointers with 2:45 remaining for two-point leads from Graclin Corlay. Corlays divided two free throw to create a three-point margin at a 1:53 mark, although the eagles received a free throw from the freshman Kendal Struck to noted the game at 30 on 1:01 mark with Carly Curotz Leup.
Out of a timeout, EHS Maddy came back to play with 46 seconds in front of the baseline jumper of the cylinder.
Eagles had a chance to tie or take lead, but instead came empty, before Carley made two free throw with 16 seconds, allowing the tigers to double their advantage.
But RCB came back within two on a pair of Martina Howe Free Throw and then got a chance to tie or win on the final possession of the game after forcing the tiger turnover. However, the jumper of the Howe did not draw the iron, and although Jada Sadlyn came with an aggressive rebound, his shot mark in the paint closed with the end of the time.
Eagles’ head coach Robert Shields said, “We worked hard, but some shots fell and it was completely important.” “Our shooting percentage was down. We left a significant rebound and had a large on the free-thro line. We lost the vision of Courley for only three of our game and then we allowed the cylinder to drive the baseline and put them two. They are children and they are going to remember the assignments sometimes. ,
Neither the team can be aggressively developed in the way of one flow during the first three quarters, although Hava scored eight first-two points, including four-point plays, to make visitors the head for the 14-9 Haftime lead.
Elkins moved to the interval with only five turnover, but the tigers carried out 2 shoots for 13 and fought loudly to resolve the eagles’ defense.
“I knew that our styles are very similar,” Davis said about tigers and eagles. “They play great defense and Martina Howe is as good as in our league, the better. She is a terrible player and performs a brilliant work changing directions. ,
The third quarter third-quarter spirt allowed EHS to be drawn at 16, and the game went fourth after the final 6-plus minutes of the eagles left the final 6-plus minute without a frame.
Shields said, “Try to do something different so that we can understand how important the first three minutes of both a game and the second half.” “You break a high school basketball game and they are huge. When you score 5 points in two of those quarters, this actually hurts us. ,
The cylinder scored a drive for the basket to give the tigers a 21-19 lead with the remaining 6:45, Kaila Sadralin and Curotz calculated the back-to-back bucket to give eagles a two-point lead.
The first two field balls of Courley came in, with a traditional three-point play with 4:44, and the beginning of a strong aggressive shutdown for the competition for Elkins.
Davis said, “Grace showed some serious mental cruelty under the stretch.”
Elkins scored eight more points on the free-thro line on 13 more efforts.
Corlay scored a team-high 12 points and Belan added 10 game-high with seven rebounds. After losing the board’s fight in the initial half 14–9, Elkins dropped RCB out of 19–9 in the last two quarters.
The 14 points of Howe led all the players. Curotz contributed eight and Holi Hansekar contributed six and one team-high boards.